Rector:

Rev William Bennett 087-9480317

Layreader:

Caroline Tindal

Parish Administrator: Karen Reynolds

087-2866889

Parish Office: Open Mon - Fri

01-2819300 Email: nandnparishoffice@gmail.com

Parish Websites:

www.newcastleparish.org www.newtownmountkennedyparish.org

www.calaryparish.org

PARISH INFORMATION NEWS SHEET

Parish of Newcastle and Newtownmountkennedy with Calary

From the Rector’s Desk

Dear Parishioners and Friends,

Castle Kidz Last month I began with some changes which had taken place or were about to happen. During the past week we had the last Board meeting of the original group that was there to set up Castle Kidz. Hard to imagine that in September it will be the start of the fourth school year since its inception. In keeping with the constitution we need to find new Board members to replace those who have completed their term of office. A sincere thank you to Ruth, Deirdre and Christine for their loyal and valued input. We are deeply indebted to them for their work from beginning to this healthy stage of Castle Kidz. Thank you to Ruth for her work as Team Leader at the most difficult stage of setting up the pre-school. She is now resigning her role and moving on to new things. We wish her well with her future studies, but I am happy to report that she will be remaining in her role with the After School. We welcome Tracey Beausang, who has been with us for the past year, and now takes over the reins of leadership. We send Tracey our very best wishes and hope she finds real job satisfaction as she displays her very obvious gifts and talents with Castle Kidz. Help Help is always appreciated and I have availed of the generously given help of various people. Caroline Tindal, Rev Niall Stratford, Rev Canons John Clarke and John McCullagh have all stepped up to the mark when needed. For this please accept my sincere thanks. We are deeply indebted to Janet Armstrong for her very willing help as organist in Newcastle and St Matthew’s during Sheila’s absence. We very much appreciate Janet’s commitment in travelling from Ballinaclash Sunday by Sunday. Sheila is well on the mend and will soon be back with us, but we won’t be losing Janet’s talents as she will be taking up the reins as Director of the Junior Choir from September.

LUNCH AT MARLFIELD HOUSE

Best Wishes Best Wishes to Laura Langrell on her retirement from St Francis School as School Secretary. We hope she will be enjoying the ‘daily round’more than the ‘common task’ for many years to come. Sunday School We look forward to our Sunday School starting up again in September with our new team of teachers. There will be some training sessions for the teachers during the summer by Susie Evans. We’re very grateful to Susie for giving us her time and I know that these will be important times, both for the teachers and children in Sunday School. Please note that the services alternate between Newcastle and St Matthew’s during July and August and the time will be at 11.00 each Sunday. God Bless, William

Coffee Come and join us for coffee/tea and treats in the Sitting Room at the Parish Centre any Tuesday morning from 10.30am. Everyone welcome. Lunch Lunch will take place on Thursday 17th August. There will be no lunch in July. Confirmation If you wish to be considered for confirmation in Spring 2018 please submit your name to Karen in the Parish Office. Confirmation classes will begin in the Autumn. Bereavement Janet Carvalhais, Kilcoole Jane passed away peacefully at home on 28th May in the loving care of her husband Antonio and their daughter Luisa. Her death followed a long period of illness. We extend our prayerful sympathy to Antonio and Luisa. Time Out The Time Out group will meet on Tuesdays 18th July and 15th August at 8pm in the Parish Centre. Parents and Toddlers Look out for messages from Kim re the Parents and Toddlers.

Table Tennis The Table Tennis club continues to meet on a Monday evening at 8pm in the Parish Centre. From the Treasurer I am pleased to report that giving to date this year from Freewill envelopes, Sustentation and loose collections has increased by 22% to €20,706, an increase of €3821 over the same period last year. If this continues for the rest of the year we should be back to the level of giving in 2011. This will make a significant difference to running the Parish. Thank you. Holidays

William will be off duty from Sunday 30th July to Sunday 13th August inclusive.. He will be back in harness on Monday 14th August. If you need help or advice during that time please contact Karen in the office at 01-2819300 or 087-2866889. Karen will be off work from 8th July, back in the office on Monday 24th July. Please get in touch before then if you need any help with administration during that time.

Janet Carvalhais

We were all deeply saddened to hear that Janet Carvalhais had passed

away, having bravely fought her battle with cancer over the past three

years. She died at home on Sunday 28th. May under the loving care

of her husband Antonio and her daughter Luisa. Her funeral service

took place in Newcastle Church on Tuesday 30th May and her

remains were interred in the graveyard there.

Janet was well known to many in the area as she ran the Playgroup in

the Community Centre over about 15 years. The children, now in

their twenties, will remember her with great fondness. She was a very

caring and gentle person and was loved by all. Together with Antonio

they ran the Portuguese stall at the Food Fairs when we were

fundraising to build the Community Centre. We extend our deepest

sympathy to Antonio and Luisa.

Fred Rountree

Fields of Life Newcastle

A note of thanks to Karen Kissane and her team and the children at Sunday School for their much needed contribution of €203.62 to Fields of Life.

Newcastle Parish has been funding the education of 9 children in Uganda since May 2003 and, although we don’t have 9 monthly contributors, we manage to pay €170.00 per month to Fields of Life. This would not be possible without help such as this, occasional donations and events such as a Coffee Morning here at home every couple of years as a booster.

The Students move on after leaving school, and another very poor (possibly AIDS orphaned) child takes their place. We get 2 letters a year from these kids – without Fields of Life they would not have had any education at all. It’s always great to hear from them. Their letters are always on display at the back of the Church. The schools are built in the remotest of places, where they are most needed.

Very sorry that Karen is leaving Sunday School – we hope that her replacement keeps Fields of Life in mind.

Brian and Jean Harris

SUMMER FAIR 2017

Are there clothes languishing in your wardrobe which you’ve

worn once and discarded?

Or bought in the wrong size?

Looked better on the hanger?

We’re looking for new and ‘as new’ clothes for the pop-up boutique at the Summer Fair

We also need handbags, hats, scarves, jewellery and shoes. No trousers please.

Drop them in to Karen at the Parish Office

WANTED

for the PLANT STALL at the SUMMER FAIR

PLANTS big and small

flower, fruit and veg

Bottles of all kinds welcome for the

BOTTLE STALL at the Summer Fair

Contact Pauline O’Sullivan

087-9535981 Or leave in to the Parish Centre

Make room on your bookcase. Bring your unwanted books for the BOOK STALL at the Summer Fair to the Parish Centre

The TOY STALL wants your good as new unwanted toys

and clothes for kids in excellent condition

Leave your items for the BRIC A BRAC stall

in to the Parish Centre

Give that unwanted treasure a good home

JARS!

We’re having Jar Hoopla at the Summer Fair.

Can you help by filling a lidded jam jar with small items—such as sweets, good as new small toys, jewellery, etc? Jars to the Parish Office or Gillian O’Neill

COME DRESSED IN COSTUME FOR A GREAT DAY OUT AT

YOUR FAVOURITE FAMILY FAIR

¡Arriba, arriba! ¡Ándale, ándale!

Join in the Mexican theme at

The Summer FairSt Francis’ School Grounds

Saturday 26th August

12—4pm

¡Arriba, arriba! ¡Ándale, ándale!

Join in the Mexican theme at

The Summer Fair School Grounds

August

Wicklow Proms Wicklow Proms will present Songs of Life, Light and Liberty at 8 pm on Thursday 20 July in Calary Church, when Sandra Oman (soprano) will sing a collection of arias and songs, each with a connection to the movies, together with highlights of the Jeanette MacDonald songbook. She will be accompanied by Andrew Synnott (piano), Katie O'Connor (violin) and Paula Hughes (cello). Tickets, which are €25, can be booked from John at (01) 2818146 or by emailing derekneilson@eircom.net Music in Calary The following concerts will take place over the summer: Friday 4 August: Duo Chagall (Arun Rao, cello and Gillian Williams, violin) together with Lance Coburn, piano, will play pieces by Schumann, Ravel and Brahms.

Friday 11 August: The Watterton Piano Trio (Simon Watterton, piano, Anna Cashell, violin and Aoife Nic Athlaoich cello) will play Beethoven’s Archduke Trio and Caesar Franck’s Violin Sonata.

Friday 8 September: The Janet Ashe Memorial Concert. Musici Ireland (Mia Cooper and Jane Hackett (violins), Beth McNinch and David Kenny (violas), Grainne Hope and William Butt (cellos) will play the two Brahms string sextets, which are rarely played due to their intricacy. All concerts begin at 8 pm. Tickets, which are €18, or €15 for concessions, can be booked from John at (01) 2818146 or by emailing derekneilson@eircom.net. Sunday School Sunday School continues in the Church Room during the summer months, except when there is Family Service.

ALPHA

Starting Wednesday 20th September

Newcastle Village

11 week course

Explore life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment

The Board of Management Castle Kidz, Parish Centre,

Church Lane, Newcastle, Co Wicklow invites applications for the following post:

Playgroup Assistant 3 mornings per week

Essential

Minimum of FETAC Level 6 Childcare Qualification

Desirable

Montessori qualification Valid First Aid Certificate

Please forward C.V. with a covering letter to:

The Chairman, Board of Management, Castle Kidz Playschool, Parish Centre, Church Lane,

Newcastle, Greystones, Co Wicklow

Closing Date for applications is Wed 5th July 2017 at 12 noon.

For more information, job description and person specification email: parishcastlekidz@gmail.com

or phone Karen at 087-2866889

Parish of Newcastle & Newtownmountkennedy is an equal opportunities employer

PLAYSCHOOL Parish Centre, Church Lane, Newcastle

Monday to Friday 9am—12 .30pm

ECCE places available €5 per hour for non-ECCE children (minimum age 2 years 6 months)

Full and Part-time

Beautiful setting Bright modern facilities 2 Outdoor Play Areas

Enthusiastic talented staff

Learning through play and a wide range of activities

including arts and crafts French with a native French speaker

gardening and exercise

Information and Enrolment Forms from the Parish Office

parishcastlekidz@gmail.com or phone Karen at 087 2866889

Please Support the Fields of Life

EAST AFRICA EMERGENCY APPEAL

Fields of Life urgently needs your support to help alleviate the suffering of South Sudanese refugees who have fled to Northern

Uganda. Our partners are already providing clean water and emergency relief supplies in the districts of Yumbe and Adjumani,

Northern Uganda.

Read below the horrific story of Simon's escape to safety...

“My name is Salah Iwi Hilary Simon, I am South Sudanese and a member of the Madi tribe living in Kerepi, Eastern Equatoria. Dinka attacked our village and tied me to a tree as they looted and burned

my house, they took my five goats and killed some of my neighbours. I was rescued by friends and fled into the bush to hide. I was separated

from my family so I walked for three days without food until I reached the Uganda border. The UNHCR transported me to

Pagirinya Camp where I was registered and given some sorghum, cooking oil, beans, a blanket, a mat and told to build my own shelter

with a plastic sheet. The rains have come and it’s cold, wet and miserable here but I’m now safe. With the rains comes malaria,

which is on the rise, also because the Rei river is close to the camp.”

Please pray for Simon and the hundreds of thousands of refugees

DATE CHURCH TIME ? SERVICE READING

Sunday

6th

Calary

St Matthew’s

9.30

11.00

NS

NS

HC

HC

Is. 55:1-5

Rom. 9:1-5

Matt. 14:13-21

Sunday

13th

Calary

Newcastle

9.30

11.00

CT

CT

MP

MP

Gen. 37:1-4, 12-28

Rom. 10:5-15 Matt. 14:22-33

Sunday

20th

Calary

St Matthew’s

9.30

11.00

WB

WB

MP

MP

Gen. 45:1-15 Rom. 11:1-2,

29-32 Matt. 15:10-28

Sunday

27th

Calary

St Matthew’s

Newcastle

9.30

10.45

12.00

WB

WB

WB

MP

MP

MP

Ex. 1:8—2:10

Rom. 12:1-8

Matt. 16:13-20

Sunday the 9th July - Friday the 21st of July 2017

GREYSTONES CSSM is open to all school going children and is free of charge

More information at www.greystonescssm.com

Holy Communion is celebrated every Wednesday, with prayer for the sick,

at 10.30am in St Matthew’s, followed by a cup of tea / coffee in the McLean Room.

DATE CHURCH TIME ? SERVICE READING

Sunday

2nd

Calary

Newcastle

9.30

11.00

WB

WB

HC

HC

Gen. 22:1-14

Rom. 6:12-23

Sunday

9th

Calary

St Matthew’s

9.30

11.00

WB

WB

MP

MP

Gen. 24: 34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Rom. 7:15-25

Matt. 11:16-19, 25-30

Sunday

16th

Calary

Newcastle

9.30

11.00

WB

WB

MP

MP + Baptisms

Rom. 8:1-11

Matt. 13: 1-9, 18-23

Sunday

23rd

Calary

St Matthew’s

9.30

11.00

WB

WB

MP + Baptism

MP

Gen. 28:10-19

Rom. 8:12-25

Sunday

30th

Calary

Newcastle

9.30

11.00

CT

CT

MP

MP

Gen. 29:15-28 Rom. 8:26-39

Matt. 13:31-33, 44-52

Please send any items for inclusion in SEPTEMBER PINS to:

nandnparishoffice@gmail.com

Items must be received by MONDAY 21st August